Episode 006 is an analysis of parenting habits that are considered “bad” by mainstream thought, and amended from a peaceful, respectful, connection-based parenting point-of-view. Listen to Episode 006 (1h40m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Heather Kolich, “10 Bad Parenting Habits” (Mainstream Thought)Sandra Dodd, “Living by Principles Instead of by Rules“L. R. Knost, “Practical, Gentle, Effective Discipline“Jan Hunt,…
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There are No Rules, Just Listen to Your Baby
Send her mail. “Balancing on My Toes” is an original column appearing every other Friday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Angel M. Ethell. Angel lives in the Chicagoland area with her family: sons Teen (13) and Lil G (2) along with their little sister Cassie Pie (dog), her partner Daddy G and father-in-law Grandpa G. She loves…
Why States are Illegitimate
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. When statists use concepts like “tacit consent” and “social contract” in their arguments, they are assuming what they are trying to…
The Invisible Wall
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…
Crime and Punishment in a Free Society
Would a free society be a crime-free society? We have good reason to anticipate it. Don’t accuse me of utopianism. I don’t foresee a future of new human beings who consistently respect the rights of others. Rather, I’m drawing attention to the distinction between crime and tort — between offenses against the state (or society) and offenses against individual persons or their justly held property.
Words Poorly Used #7 — Nation
Many people use the word “nation” interchangeably with “country,” “state,” or “government.” This gives rise to confusion among those who are inhabitants of the latter three. The origin of the word nation is in its use to identify a group of people of common birth experience. An example would be the “Cherokee Nation.” An example…
On Consent to Social Contracts
The story goes that a very young wife was asked by her husband why she always cut the tail off the turkey before cooking it. Her reply was “that’s how my mother did it.” No further explanation was given. Some time later the wife asked her mother why. Her mother’s reply was “because the pan…
Words Poorly Used #4 — Democracy
The trouble with the word democracy is that it can mean almost anything. And politicians, along with manipulators in general, love almost-anything words. Since the very languages which contain the usage democracy are themselves sets of rules made by people the very use of language is democratic. Any learned behavior is democratic — rules by…
Words Poorly Used #2 — Anarchy
I’m wondering if there is another word that is so difficult to explain so that those who abuse it will stop. Like “chaos,” “anarchy” is misused in the media, by politicians, and in the vernacular. I still get an image (vaguely tied in with Natasha Fatale and Boris Badinoff) of guys in black raincoats with…
On Mass Murder
Murder is “unlawful killing.” Unlawful is not lawful, or not legitimus (latin). Legitimus is “in line with the law,” and laws are rules. Rules can be either decreed by a ruler, or discovered by legal theorists observing norms, conventions, and mores. Murder is unlawful killing both in the sense that rulers have declared it such and most individuals…